The Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies (NOFO) is a non-profit membership based organization that develops and maintains the oil spill preparedness on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) on behalf of its membership companies. The NOFO members include all Norwegian E&P operators with oil production or exploration drilling activity on the NCS.
NOFO is a dedicated, non-profit 24h/7d a week, oil spill response organization with 43 full-time employees, some 150 duty/reinforcement personnel from member companies and organizations, and more than 80 operators/ maintenance personnel assigned to 5 bases.
Associated to NOFO is a Special Team of 60+ skilled personnel covering the role as advisors, on site commanders, team leaders and HSE advisors for Coast and Shoreline response. NOFO has a Beach Response Team of more than 40 skilled responders and team leaders with a 36-hour response time.
Assigned to NOFO is a fleet of approximately 30 Oil Recovery vessels with associated towing vessels for offshore mechanical recovery and /or dispersion, and a fleet of more than 60 fishing vessels for coastal operations, all designed and equipped for oil spill response. In addition, NOFO has access to satellite and air surveillance of the areas of interest to help both detection and response coordination of potential oil spills.
All NOFO resources are extensively trained, and our oil spill response capabilities are verified.
NOFO has focus on continuous development of new response technology and participates in selected industry projects. New equipment is tested and verified during oil-on-water trials offshore Norway as required.
NOFO is a part of the well-established national emergency preparedness in Norway, which combines public and private oil spill response.
“’It is very valuable for NOFO to be a part of the the Global Response Network. It provides us with access to global learning and experience in oil spill response, as well as a network of experts and professional business partners for discussion and shared knowledge that can help us develop our oil spill response capability. Of course, we also hope to be able to contribute our expertise and experience to the network.
The GRN Operational Team are in particular valuable, as they bring together the oil spill professional on selected operational topics combining both the academic insights and the practical aspects of oil spill response.
NOFO’s participation in the GRN is helping us improve our capability and get access to the wider community for knowledge transfer.
Rune Martinsen, GRN Executive Committee
CEO, NOFO
